In brief
A recent air strike in Kabul targeted the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital during dinner, resulting in catastrophic casualties. Survivors describe the chaos as the attack occurred just as residents were breaking their Ramadan fast. The Taliban claims around 400 fatalities, but the exact number remains unconfirmed. Reports indicate the facility was repurposed from a military training camp to a rehabilitation centre. Many families are anxiously searching for information about their loved ones left in the aftermath.
Rescue teams are continuing to pull bodies from the smoking rubble of a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which was hit on Monday night in a devastating Pakistani air strike.
The attack on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, which happened at about 21:00 local time (16:30 GMT), is the deadliest in recent violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The strike happened as residents broke their daily fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The death toll has continued to rise, and the Taliban government says it believes the number of people killed is about 400, although this figure has yet to be confirmed. Many people were also injured.
Mohammad Shafee, a patient in his 20s, survived the attack. I was in the kitchen helping to serve dinner when I heard a loud bang and ran for safety, he told the BBC. When I returned later, I found most of our colleagues and people in the dining room hit. Only five of us survived.
Maiwand Hoshmand, a doctor who works at the facility, said patients had just finished dinner on Monday and some were at congregational prayer when jets hit three parts of the centre.
I heard the sound of the jet patrolling, Omid Stanikzai, 31, a security guard at the centre, told the AFP news agency. There were military units all around us. When these military units fired on the jet, the jet dropped bombs and a fire broke out.
Many are left searching for information about their loved ones. One woman expressed her desperation for updates on her husband, stating, Gul Meer was in the facility for over seven months now. Since last night when the attack happened, we have no information about him.
The UN has urged restraint amid months of hostilities, which have resulted in multiple health facilities being impacted in Afghanistan since late February. The Omid facility had housed over 5,000 patients at times, well beyond its intended capacity.
